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Hi I was cleaning my engine today and saw a drip of silicon or gasket thats yellow and its coming out of the crack between the top of the engine where the coils are and the upper block... Sorry not really sure about the terminology here. The drip is on the left side, facing the coolant expansion tank (1.8 L 2zr-fe)
The valve cover gasket was never removed unless some mechanic did it... Is it normal to have that little drip of yellow substance there? I thought a valve cover gasket would be black and under the valve cover, but maybe this was some kind of sealant used either during assembly or by a mech that worked on my car in the past...
Will add a picture soon ! But wait... I dont even have to go outside, I found a pic on the web with that exact thing so Im guessing its original...
Here it is :
I also couldn't get it quite clean as in this picture, the engine was covered with dust and black gunk (white spots that wont really go away and black oily dust, might only be from the roads... the back side of the hood had this too..) , is it a sign of a leak? or maybe thats because It might be lacking some shields down below (the damn mechs must have pulled them off to do theyre job quick and cheap ... LOL )
There wasnt a specific spot where there was more black gunk, except maybe one place under the hood that looks almost like its burned... !
Thanks all !
The valve cover gasket was never removed unless some mechanic did it... Is it normal to have that little drip of yellow substance there? I thought a valve cover gasket would be black and under the valve cover, but maybe this was some kind of sealant used either during assembly or by a mech that worked on my car in the past...
Will add a picture soon ! But wait... I dont even have to go outside, I found a pic on the web with that exact thing so Im guessing its original...
Here it is :
I also couldn't get it quite clean as in this picture, the engine was covered with dust and black gunk (white spots that wont really go away and black oily dust, might only be from the roads... the back side of the hood had this too..) , is it a sign of a leak? or maybe thats because It might be lacking some shields down below (the damn mechs must have pulled them off to do theyre job quick and cheap ... LOL )
There wasnt a specific spot where there was more black gunk, except maybe one place under the hood that looks almost like its burned... !
Thanks all !